# Trepanation

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trepanation/207085>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 13, 2003, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trepanation/207085 "2003-10-13T01:29:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 10\
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**Author:** ![Not\_In\_Anger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3ab097/32.png) [@Not\_In\_Anger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Not_In_Anger)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2003, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trepanation/207085/1 "2003-10-13T01:29:44Z")

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Who else has had their’s done?

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**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2003, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trepanation/207085/2 "2003-10-13T03:39:16Z")

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[http://www.straightdope.com/columns/020906.html](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/020906.html)

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**Author:** ![peritrochoid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@peritrochoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peritrochoid)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2003, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trepanation/207085/3 "2003-10-13T03:46:52Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Not In Anger \*  
> \*\*Who else has had their’s done? \*\*

Meaning you _have_!? :eek:

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**Author:** ![DreadCthulhu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/db5fbb/32.png) [@DreadCthulhu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DreadCthulhu)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2003, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trepanation/207085/4 "2003-10-13T04:56:23Z")

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Bah - I need a trepanation as about as much asI need another hole in my head.

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2003, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trepanation/207085/5 "2003-10-13T05:04:13Z")

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I suppose if you filled it with bean dip, you’d at least be popular at parties.

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**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2003, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trepanation/207085/6 "2003-10-13T05:16:14Z")

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Personally, I’d rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal labotomy.

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**Author:** ![if6was9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e47c2d/32.png) [@if6was9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/if6was9)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2003, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trepanation/207085/7 "2003-10-13T05:23:15Z")

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I’ll drink to that! 😃

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**Author:** ![Not\_In\_Anger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3ab097/32.png) [@Not\_In\_Anger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Not_In_Anger)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2003, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trepanation/207085/8 "2003-10-13T05:36:25Z")

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Every expected response, in order. Pavlov needs new dogs. Thanks guy, j/k.

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**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2003, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trepanation/207085/9 "2003-10-13T08:08:17Z")

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Squick, squick, squick, squick.

I’m sorry, what was the question? I was distracted.

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**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2003, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trepanation/207085/10 "2003-10-13T08:21:08Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Johnny Bravo \*  
> \*\*I suppose if you filled it with bean dip, you’d at least be popular at parties. \*\*

For some people, this procedure would mean letting the bean dip _out._